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Man accused of shooting dog with air rifle

Pedro Javier Gallegos-Franco

Times staff reports

Updated:
Jan. 3, 2017, 3:23 p.m.

A Gainesville man is accused of shooting a 10-pound Chihuahua with an air rifle, wounding the animal.

“The suspect claimed the dog tried to attack him,” said Lt. Scott Ware, Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. “There is no known evidence that this was the case.”

Pedro Javier Gallegos-Franco, 37, of Gainesville, has been charged with animal cruelty and reckless conduct in the incident, which took place Monday in the 3500 block of Casper Drive, according to the sheriff’s office.